Those who had expected trouble were woefully disappointed. Looking at it with certain predilections and with the ended confidence that everything is "all for the best," we are satisfied that the great struggle had a fitting termination and fitting place.Įarly in the morning, the engines and trains of each company faced each other in silence, like rival armies on the morrow of a battle, each hoisting the flag of truce and prepared to smoke the pipe of peace. There was nothing in the design of either the Union or the Central Company to give to Promontory Summit the world wide notoriety that it has today, but accident or Providence, it mattereth little for our purpose now. The weather was propitious and the best of order prevailed. The inhabitants of the Atlantic seaboard and the dwellers on the Pacific slopes are no longer separated as distinct peoples, they are henceforth members of the same great family, united by great principles and general interests.Īt noon yesterday the great event was achieved, and the celebration of the occasion was unmarred by the slightest accident or circumstance to cause it to be remembered by any with either sorrow or pain. The following is the account of the ceremony of the laying of the last rail taken from the Salt Lake Telegram of May 11th, 1869.
Following the article, the compiler offers a one-sided picture of the situation regarding pay for the Union Pacific's construction crews and details Samuel Reed's actions after the ceremony. Account of the "Golden Spike" Ceremony, Promontory Point, UT on This account of the "Golden Spike" ceremony at Promontory Point, Utah on May 10, 1869, as printed in the May 11 th edition of the Salt Lake Telegram, describes the festivities involved and lists some of the important attendees.
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